Career Success Implications of Political Skill

Todd, Samuel Y.; Harris, Kenneth J.; Harris, Ranida B.; Wheeler, Anthony R.

doi:10.3200/socp.149.3.179-204

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“…Thus, these findings support the notion that political skill is not a gender-specific set of competencies; this is refreshing given the growing body of literature that establishes political skill as an essential workplace competency that predicts performance (Blickle, Ferris, et al, 2011a) and career success (Todd, Harris, Harris, & Wheeler, 2009). Rather curious was the nonsignificant relationship between gender and motive to get ahead (r = .03) but the significant correlation between gender and the motive to get along (r = -.17, p < .01), indicating that female followers perceived heightened levels of leader motive to get along but did not perceive their leaders to demonstrate heightened levels of motive to get ahead relative to their male peers.…”

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Leader Advancement Motive, Political Skill, Leader Behavior, and Effectiveness: A Moderated Mediation Extension of Socioanalytic Theory

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We examine socioanalytic theory from a leadership perspective and extend this research to examine the mediating mechanisms through which leader getting ahead motive and social competence influence leader effectiveness outcomes. A first-stage moderated mediation model was tested and supported, positioning the Leader Motive to Get Ahead × Political Skill interaction as influencing perceived institutional effectiveness and follower satisfaction with one's leader through leader initiating structure behavior. This research both supports the relevance of socioanalytic theory for predicting leadership outcomes and extends socioanalytic theory to examine a mediating mechanism through which the interaction of the leader getting ahead motive and social competencies affects relevant performance outcomes. Contributions, strengths and limitations, directions for future research, and practical implications are discussed.Socioanalytic theory assumes that two basic motives underlie social interaction (R. Hogan, 1983(R. Hogan, , 1996. Specifically, people are motivated to (a) gain status, power, and the control of resources, and fear the loss of status and control (get ahead), and (b) feel accepted and supported and fear social isolation (get along). Getting ahead and getting along are universal themes in human affairs

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Leader Advancement Motive, Political Skill, Leader Behavior, and Effectiveness: A Moderated Mediation Extension of Socioanalytic Theory

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“…Career identity is the degree to which people immerse themselves in skill-enhancing and professional activities (London, 1993;Noe et al, 1990). As employee skills are an important predictor of job performance (Semadar et al, 2006), employees who are strong in a variety of skills are expected to receive better compensation and promotion opportunities (Todd et al, 2009), which increases their career satisfaction. Thus, the accumulation of career-or job-related skills may help to increase employee career satisfaction.…”

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From hotel career management to employees’ career satisfaction: The mediating effect of career competency

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2012

International Journal of Hospitality Management

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“…revealed that political skill has positive effects on hierarchical position and job satisfaction, but does not affect yearly gross income. Through dimensional analysis Todd et al (2009) revealed that networking ability is the strongest predictor of career success (total compensation, total promotion, career satisfaction, life satisfaction and perceived marketability). A metaanalysis conducted by Munyon et al (2014) confirmed the positive relationship between political skill and various aspects of career success (i.e.…”

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A Review of Political Skill: Current Research Trend and Directions for Future Research

Kimura

2014

Int J Management Reviews

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This paper reviews theoretical and empirical research on the use of political skill in organizations and proposes some agendas for future research. Although political skill is a relatively new construct in organizational politics research, a large number of theoretical and empirical studies have been conducted. Five major themes were identified in previous research. These are: (a) definition and measurement of political skill; (b) political skill and stress management; (c) political skill and career success; (d) political skill and individual performance; and (e) political skill and leadership effectiveness. This review critically examines previous empirical studies in light of this theoretical background and points out that, although previous empirical studies support the theoretically assumed effects of political skills, they fail to confirm how and why these skills bring about these effects. Based on this examination, the author suggests the examination of mediators and dimensional differences derived from theory that can lead to more effective exploration of the impact of political skill. In addition, several issues for future research are proposed, which may provide useful insights for both literature and practice.

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Career Success Implications of Political Skill

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Leader Advancement Motive, Political Skill, Leader Behavior, and Effectiveness: A Moderated Mediation Extension of Socioanalytic Theory

Leader Advancement Motive, Political Skill, Leader Behavior, and Effectiveness: A Moderated Mediation Extension of Socioanalytic Theory

From hotel career management to employees’ career satisfaction: The mediating effect of career competency

A Review of Political Skill: Current Research Trend and Directions for Future Research

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